Haugh: Orange Bowl setback can’t dim luster of Northern Illinois’ season
(MCT) — MIAMI — On Northern Illinois middle linebacker Victor Jacques’ left shoulder, a tattoo featuring a giant orange in the middle of clouds over the Miami skyline stretches across his skin.
Near his bicep, a dolphin jumps out of the water. It took a local artist four hours to etch the scene on Jacques’ arm that commemorated Tuesday night’s Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium — the biggest football game in NIU history.
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